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THE XEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 

OR, 

The Life and Death of Worlds. 



A CONFIRMATION OF THE DECLARATIONS OF MOSES, 
THAT THE EARTH IS OF AN AQUEOUS 
ORIGIN, VERSUS GEOLOGY AS TAUGHT 
AT THE PRESENT TIME. 



The origin of the world, seems to have been one 
of the earliest questions which forced itself upon 
the attention of mankind, demanding a solution. 
Man above all other beings of the mundane crea- 
tion, is possessed of reason; and such being true, 
when he beheld the beauty, symmetry and harmony 
peroacting the material creation, his reason natur- 
ally carries him back to a great first cause, which 
must have preceeded the universe of creation. F rom 
whence came the earth ? and, of what material was 
it made ? and, by whom was it created ? were ques- 
tions that his reason would suggest; and the con- 
templation of a cause so sublime, so grand, and so 
omnipotent, beyond all comprehension, capable of 
producing such stupenduous results as he beholds 
in the creation, naturally suggest the existence of 
a Deity — an ail-wise and supreme power as a crea- 
tor, governor, and ruler of the universe. That this 
is true, is proven beyond a doubt, by traditions that 
have been handed down, from generation to genera- 



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tion, by the fathers, among all races of men, in 
every quarter of the globe. It is also remarkable 
to note the similarity in these traditions, which 
points to the fact, that they must have had a com- 
mon origin, and that in the beginning, man's intuition 
must have been exceedingly great, or else he must 
have had access to the Deity, as the fountain head 
of all knowledge. The Bible declares the latter to 
be the case; that through impersonation, man is 
not only made acquainted with his creator, but also 
is made aware of his relation, and dependence upon 
Deity, as a part of the material creation. 

Moses, through inspiration, tells us that : "In 
the beginning, God created the heavens and the 
earth; that the earth was without form and void : 
that darkness was upon the face of the deep, and 
the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." 

The Koran, of the Mohammedans, substantially 
agrees with the Bible, in the account of the crea- 
tion, and one could be substituted for the other, 
and the ideas would remain the same, with refer- 
ence to the creation. 

The Aztecs, the most ancient and highly civilized 
tnation of North and South America, as well as the 
anost populous, whose mechanical ingenuity, as 
^manifest in ruined temples, cliff dwellings, and mar- 
velously constructed mounds, abounding in the 
United States, Central and South America, being 
tthe wonder of the age in which we live, also have a 
tradition given in the book of Quinches of Guate- 



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mala, not unlike the account given by Moses of the 
creation of the world. The book reads, in speaking- 
of the creation : "There was not yet a single man; 
not an animal; neither bird nor fishes; * * 
only the chaos existed; the face of the land was 
not seen; there was only the silent sea and sky>, 
* * nothing stood upright, for there was noth- 
ing that was. * * Those who fecundate, those 
who give being are upon the waters, as a 
glowing light. * * Thus they consulted while 
the earth grew; thus, veriiy, the earth came into* 
being: Earth, said they, and the earth existed;; 
like a fog, like a cloud was its formation; and as- 
huge fishes rise from the water, so rose the moun- 
tains." The book relates the creation, similar in< 
order to Moses, and tells us, that Tepau Gucumatz; 
formed and fashioned man; that they had neither - 
father nor mother; that they were simply beings- 
called men; that they were a miracle, an enchant- 
ment worked by the maker and moulder. 

In the Institute of Menu, of the Hindoo, we find? 
another account, agreeing substantially with the ac- 
count given by Moses, of the creation of the world.. 
The Institute says: "The first sole cause thinks; 
within itself : I will create worlds, and following- 
the bidding of the celestial mandate, the waters are- 
brought into being, over which moves Brahma, the 
Creator." Brahma then divides the waters and es- 
tablishes a firmament, and proceeds with the work 
of creation, which is divided into periods, consisting 
of many thousands of years each. 

These periods Moses recognizes as days of crea- 
tion, which is but another term signifying periods. 



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The Aborigines of America have also their tradi- 
tions of the "Great Spirit" in the creation of the 
world; but as theirs is oral to a great extent, it is 
less perfect than those we have quoted above; yet 
they prove to have had a common origin with the 
other traditions, and they all verify in a. marked de- 
gree, the declarations of Moses, the inspired writer, 
that the earth is of aqueous origin : that is, water 
entered into the composition of the primitive earth 
as one of the component parts. 

Moses tells us, that the earth was formed out of 
chaos, which means a confused mass of matter. 
Scientists concede the fact that it was formed out 
of chaos, but claim that the chaos resulted from in- 
tense heat, which caused a fusion of the elements 
of the primitive earth, and that the earth is there- 
fore of igneous origin. 

GEOLOOV VERSUS THE BIBLE. — WHICH SHALL WE 
ACCEPT. 

M^sjs tells us in plain terms, that the earth is of 
aqueous origin. He gives us to understand that 
the entire earth was covered with water in the pri- 
mary stages of its formation. That, "The Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the waters;" and that 
God divided the waters from the waters, and caused 
the dry land to appear. This was a portion of the 
first day's creation, and the earth could not have 
been covered with water, as conceived by Moses, 



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and at the same time possessed a heat of 6,000 de- 
grees, and been in a fused state, resulting from this 
intense heat, as conceived by geologists to have 
characterized the primative earth. Here we ob- 
serve, is a contradiction between geology and the- 
ology, and it is a physical impossibility for both to 
be correct. Moses, and the traditions of the vari- 
ous races of men upon the earth, are wrong, or else 
the science of geology is in error. Which shall we 
accept, and which reject ? Shall we accept Moses 
and the traditions, or will we accept the teachings 
of geology, and concede that Moses and the proph- 
ets are wrong, and that the earth is of igneous ori- 
gin, as set forth in geology, instead of being of 
aqueous origin, as claimed by the Bible and the 
various inspired writers ? 

Moses and the traditions offer no proof of the 
primitive aqueous fluidity of the earth, but they 
simply rely upon the bare statement of fact, unsup- 
ported by evidence, only such as shall be supplied 
by nature as evidenced by natural laws. 

Geologists, on the contrary, offer us proof in sup- 
port of their theory, of the primitive fusion of the 
earth. 

First: They assert and prove that the moun- 
tain- systems of the globe have resulted from vol- 
canic agencies; and that the rocks constituting the 
great chains of mountains of the earth have been 
fused, or heated to a high temperature by volcanic 
forces, in the interior of the earth. 



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Second: That the interior of the earth is in a 
fused stated, as evidenced by earthquakes and vol- 
canic eruptions. 

Third: That the revolutions of the earth upon 
its axis, changing the form of the globe from a 
sphere to a sphereoid, evidence the fact that it must 
have possessed a state of fusion, in its early stages 
of formation, or else such a change in its external 
figure could not have taken place as we now wit- 
ness; a change of twenty-six miles difference in the 
equatorial and polar diameters of the earth. 

FOURTH: That the fossil remains of extinct 
plant and animal life, found in high latitudes within 
the polar circles, the species of which can only ex- 
ist in the torrid zone, prove that at some period in 
the early history of the earth, there must have been 
a thermal uniformity of temperature over the sur- 
face of the globe; or, in other words, the torrid 
zones must have extended within the polar circles 
of the earth; or these species of tropical plant and 
animal life could not have existed within the polar 
circles. 

These constitute the proofs on which the scien- 
tists rely for the maintenance of their theory of the 
primitive fusion of the earth, and they have been 
accepted by the scientific world as sufficient; and 
accordingly all our text-books upon geology em- 
brace the theory that the earth is of igneous origin; 
that the primitive world was a ball of liquid, seeth- 



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ing fire, probably thrown from the sun, far out in 
space, where it began its revolutions in an orbit 
around the sun, similar to our earth of to-day; and 
that by radiation it gradually parted with its heat, 
until a crust finally formed upon its surface, which 
has "become thicker and firmer, as this cooling pro- 
cess continued, until it has ultimately become fitted 
for the abode of animal and vegetable life as we now 
behold it. The christian world has not been so 
ready to accept the teachings of geologists, and dis- 
regard the teachihgs of Moses and the prophets; 
and hence many discussions have taken place be- 
tween the religious and scientflc world upon this 
subject; yet science has seemed to have had the 
advantage in these controversies, and as a result 
many christians have abandoned the teachings of 
Moses, and have accepted the scientific theory of 
the primitive fusion of the earth. Many others, 
and by far the greater number, of the christian 
world, believe with the late Bishop Simpson, that 
Moses in his account of the creation was inspired, 
and that he gave the facts of the creation, "and 
that God would raise up some person, in his provi- 
dence, who would prove the declarations of Moses 
true from evidences in nature," and would disprove 
the science of geology, with reference to the primi- 
tive fusion of the elements of the earth, from natur- 
al causes. 



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Examinations of geological proofs. 

It is evident from the harmony that pervades the 
material universe, that the true theory, whenever 
found, will be in harmony with the natural laws of 
creation, as cause and effect. Our observation and 
experience teach us that the Supreme Intelligence 
who fashioned the universe, established a system of 
natural laws for the government of matter in all its 
different forms, that order and harmony might be 
brought out of chaos, which constituted the primi- 
tive world. These laws are known among scien- 
tists as natural laws, or the chemical laws of matter, 
and organized matter comes into being at the behest 
of these laws, and dissolution and death ensues, in 
accordance with this same almighty power; hence 
natural law may be considered an attribute of Deity, 
and governs the universe of creation. 

Conceding this fact, which we shall prove to be 
true, from Bible authority, in the course of this 
treatise, it will be observed that the creation is the 
direct result of natural law. Hence the creation is 
in harmony with natural law, the same as cause 
and effect, and the true theory of the creation, when 
discovered, must be in harmony with the natural 
law of creation; and for this reason, if we find the 
present geological theory of the creation not in har- 
mony with the natural law, then it is evident, that 
the theory of the primitive fusion of the earth, is 
not correct; and if the declarations of Moses in his 
inspired writings, are in harmony with natural law, 



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then the Bible is true, and geology, so far as it con- 
flicts with the Bible, is false, and is proven so from 
evidences in nature, herself. 

We will now briefly examine the proofs of geolo- 
gists, in support of their theory of the primitive; 
fusion of the earth. The first proof, that the moun- 
tain systems of the earth have resulted from volcan- 
ic agencies, and that the unstratified rocks compris- 
ing the vast mountain systems of the globe, give 
evidence of having been heated to a high state by 
volcanic agencies, or having been entirely fused, 
which is the case with many of them, we concede; 
but on the contrary, say that this fact, as we shall 
be able to establish, disproves the theory of the 
primitive fusion of the earth. We shall examine 
this more fully in another chapter. 

The second proof, that the interior of the earth 
is molten lava, does not necessarily prove that the 
primitive earth was in a state of fusion, resulting 
from intense heat, and we shall show from natural 
causes, that although the great interior of the earth 
at the present time is in a fused state, it was not 
always so, but of comparatively recent occurrence, 
and results from natural causes. 

Third proof, that the revolutions of the earth 
upon its axis, changing the form of the earth from a 
sphere to a spheroid, does not prove that the earth's 
material was primarily fused, but simply that when 
the earth began its revolutions, the elements were 



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in a semi-plastic state; but does not prove whether 
that semi-plastic state resulted trom a fusion of the 
earth's material, or whether it resulted from water 
being mixed with the solid matter of the earth as a 
component part, rendering the matter of the whole 
globe semi-plastic, which would subject the earth 
to the same change in diameter, as though the ele- 
ments of the earth were in a fused state, resulting 
from intense heat, as assumed, by geologists. 

The fourth proof cited by geologists, in support 
of the primitive fusion of the elements of the earth, 
is the fact that fossil remains of extinct plant and 
animal life is found within the polar circles of the 
earth, the species ol which are confined to the tor- 
rid zones; and this fact would seem to indicate a 
primitive thermal uniformity of temerature over the 
surface of the globe. Yet, under the theory of nat- 
ural law, this circumstance is also susceptible of ex- 
planation, proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that 
Moses, in his account of the creation is correct, and 
that the earth was primarily of aqueous origin, in- 
stead of igneous fluidity, as is conceived by geolo- 
gists to have characterized the primitive world. 



Of what was the earth formed ? 

A very common expression is heard among the 
people, and from many professed christians, that the 
earth was formed out of nothing, although the Bible 



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does not say this, but, on the contrary, says it was 
formed out of chaos, which means confusion, or mat- 
ter without form. In Genesis, first chapter, we are 
also informed that before the creation the -'earth 
was;" that is, its elements existed "without form 
and void." The traditions of the various peoples 
that we have quoted, set forth the same idea: that 
the elements of the earth existed before the crea- 
tion. We shall offer proof in support of this fact, 
of the elements of the earth existing before the cre- 
ation of the world, in another chapter. 

Through our knowledge of the laws of nature, as 
well as traditions, we are informed that matter has 
always eeisted in the universe, and that it is gov- 
erned by natural law which we will designate an 
attribute of Deity. As before stated, organized 
matter comes into existence in obedience to natur- 
al law, and dissolution and death ensue in accord- 
ance with the same almighty power. There is 
nothing in this statement contradictory to the 
teachings of the Bible, although there might be a 
seeming inharmony of statement. To illustrate: 
The Bible tells us that God created you and me, 
yet reason tells us that if our earthly parents had 
not complied with the requirements of certain nat- 
ural laws, you and I would not have been created. 

Here is an apparent contradiction, but when we 
comprehend that natural law is an attribute of 
Deity, the inharmony ceases, for anything accom- 



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plished by natural law, is accomplished by God 
himself. 

The Bible recognizes the existence of these laws, 
and after the creation of the world the injunction 
was given to man to multiply and replenish the 
earth; and in this statement man is recognized as 
possessing a creative power, which is accomplished 
through the operation of natural, law. 

Similar injunctions to those given to man were 
given to the entire animal and vegetable kingdoms 
of the earth, proving that the power to create was 
inherent, or delegated to the kingdoms of the crea- 
tion, through the operation of natural law. 

Jones may begin the manufacture of hats, and he 
is able to produce one hat daily by his labor; but 
he now brings his ingenuity to bear, and invents a 
machine by which he is enabled to produce 
hundreds of hats daily; and would we say, from 
this fact, that Jones was any the less the manufac- 
turer of the hat, by reason of the means or the 
agency he employs ? Certainly not. And the case 
is the same with the Creator. It matters not to us 
the means He employs to carry on His "work. 
They are His attributes, and He is no less the Crea- 
tor by operating through natural law. We are not 
assuming in this connection that there are no such 
things as special providences, where the operation 
of natural law is suspended, and where a work or a 
miracle is performed by an immediate act of God. 



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Such, however, are the exception and not the rule; 
for if they were the rule, they would not be "special 
providences." 

It is chemically proven, that we may pass out in- 
to the broad prairies of the west, a thousand miles 
from civilization and settlement, where the prairie 
grass has been undisturbed throughout the ages; 
where the soil has been producing prairie grasses 
for the centuries that have passed into the great 
eternity; and we insert the plow and turn over the 
sod, and without sowing seed of any kind or nature, 
here springs up a different kind of vegetation, from 
the prairie grass. Why do we witness this change 
in the vegetation ? Do we believe, as some con- 
tend, that God by a special providence created it ? 
Certainly not. Neither the Bible, our observation, 
or our experience, warrants us in such a belief. The 
facts are simply these: When we broke up the 
prairie sod we killed the grass, and through the de- 
cay of this vegetable matter we change the chemi- 
cal nature of the soil, and the soil is no longer 
adapted to that particular kind of vegetable life; 
and through chemical action a different degree of 
vegetable life is created, suited to the changed con- 
dition of the soil; and as often as we change the 
chemical nature of the soil there will be a change 
in the vegetation, without adding seeds of any na- 
ture. This is accomplished through the operation 
of natural law, an attribute of Deity, and is strictly 
in accordance with the teachings of the Bible. 



16 THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 

By referring to Genesis, we will find that the in- 
spired writer informs us that God said, let the earth 
bring forth abundantly, herbs yielding seed, and 
fruit trees yielding fruit, after his kind; whose seed 
is in itself; (modern writers tell us that this refers 
to the earth.) The seed is in the earth; that is, is 
formed by chemical action ot the elements of the 
earth When we analyze a seed, and separate its 
parts into its primary or chemical elements, we find 
it consists of the same elements as constitute the 
earth; not all, but a portion of them, and so com- 
bined that it is impossible for chemists to repro- 
duce them. These seeds are formed by chemical 
action in the tree or plant from elements of nature, 
taken from the earth and air, through the opera- 
tion of natural law; and the same power that fram- 
ed the law, that causes the seed to form in the 
tree, the shrub and the flower, can and has created 
the natural law, by which the germ, through chem- 
ical action, is created in the soil, which will change 
the vegetation, as often as we change the chemical 
nature of the soil. Although digressing from our 
subject somewhat, we will go a step further in this 
connection, and state that not only the vegetable 
but the animal kingdoms are created and governed 
by the operation of natural law. If we pass back 
through the ages, we will observe that the great 
Ruler and Creator of the universe has decreed that 
not only shall the account of the species of the 
world and destiny o r the mundane creation, be giv- 



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en to man through the inspired word of Moses and 
the prophets; but an accurate history should also be 
graven on the stony pages of nature's volume, (the 
earth,) which shall continue down through the ages 
and shall prove a guide meridian, in the investiga- 
tion of natural laws, and in the establishment of 
the truth of the Bible narration of the creation, from 
evidence in nature within herself. In investigating 
these evidences in nature, the fossil remains of plant 
and animal life, imbedded in the rocks ot the earth, 
we are impressed with the general progress from a 
lower to a higher order of creation. In the infancy 
of the earth's existence, the elements were weak 
and only capable of ushering in and sustaining a 
very simple form of plant and animal life ; but as 
the elements of the earth progress and become 
stronger, there is a notable progress observable in 
the development of animal and plant life from a 
lower to a higher order, and when we trace the 
gradation through the periods of the earth's de- 
velopments, which Moses designates as days of 
creation, to nearly the close of the sixth period, the 
elements of the earth became sufficiently developed, 
so we find in the fossil the primitive man, — not the 
man that we now behold, but a being greatly in- 
ferior, yet superior to all other creations of the ani- 
mal kingdom, and when the earth had reached that 
degree of progress, when the elements were no 
longer fitted to his degree of development, he passed 
away and gave place to a superior race, until the 



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present race of man made its appearance upon the 
earth; and possibly in the distant future we will 
give place to even a superior being to ourselves, 
who will walk the earth, and beholding the ruins 
that shall mark our civilization, will wonder what 
species of man have inhabited the earth, that have 
wrought such wonders, and reached such a wonder- 
ful civilization ; just as we contemplate the ruins of 
the people who have preceded us upon the world's 
drama, and whose works have been classed among 
the wonders of the world, and the mind involuntar- 
ily asks the question, "where are those ancient peo- 
ple, and what is their history ?" 

Alas! The book is sealed, and its contents 
known only to the God of the universe, save and 
except such traces as they have left behind them, 
in their ruined temples, works of art, and such as 
nature has preserved of their petrified remains im- 
bedded in the rocks of the earth.' 



Natural law effecting the animal cret 

AT I ON. 

If we pass within the Arctic circle we will find 
the remains of the elephant, rhinoceros, the mam- 
moth, the crocodile, and many other tropical beasts 
in great numbers. Even upon the northern coast 
of Siberia, elephants have existed in such vast 
numbers that their tusks are gathered by the peo- 



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pie, and made an article of merchandise, and great 
ship loads are taken from these barren shores to 
Europe. 

Specimens of these beasts have been found frozen 
in cakes of ice, in as good a state of preservation as 
when, perhaps, thousands of years ago, by a sudden 
change in the axis of the earth, as we shall prove 
hereafter, their abode was changed from a mild to a 
frigid climate and they became extinct. 

Nature, we can say, is never in a state of repose ; 
changes are constantly taking place in the earth ; 
sometimes sudden and great like earthquakes and 
volcanoes, and at other times a gradual change from 
one condition to another. Plant and animal life 
must conform to these changes, and if their orga- 
nizations are such that they cannot accomodate 
themselves to the changed conditions surrounding 
them, they must die and give place to such forms 
01 beings of organized matters as are in harmony 
with the surroundings, and we accordingly observe 4 
that in the Arctic region, instead of the elephant, 
mammoth, rhinoceros, crocodile, and other tropical 
beasts, such as in ages passed sported at the north 
pole, we find now the Polar bear, reindeer, walrus, 
seal and other beasts, adapted to the changed con- 
dition of the temperature or climate at the pole. 

In the plant condition we notice a similar change 
to that observed in the animal kingdom. 



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In the age during which tropical beasts existed 
in the region ot the frigid zones, we observe that 
tropical plants did also grow and flourish in that 
climate, which is proven by specimens petrified, 
and also specimens frozen in cakes of ice, and found 
in a frozen condition in the stomachs of many of the 
tropical beasts of that region preserved in ice, prov- 
ing that the change in temperature must have been 
very sudden, and at the same time permanent ; 
as the specie of plant and animal life have both 
conformed to this changed condition, incident to the 
change in the inclination of the axis of the earth. 
These changes that we have noted as taking place 
in the creation, conform to natural law, which can 
be traced down through the ages of the different 
strata of the earth ; proving, in substance, from fos- 
sil of plant and animal, life imbedded in the earth 
strata, that the days of creation meant periods of 
the earth's growth, under natural law, as an attri- 
bute of Deity. 

During each formation, or period of the earth's 
growth, we find from fossil that it is very seldom, if 
ever, the animal and plant life is found beyond the 
period or growth of the particular formation or 
strata of rock in which they make their appearance 
in the greatest profusion, proving that as the forma- 
tion changes, chemical changes in the earth take 
place, and that the animal and plant kingdoms 
change and conform to the changed condition of 
the earth's elements. 



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According to Professor Bronn, out of 2,055 spe- 
cies or families of plants examined, but 12 species 
v passed beyond the formation in which they origi- 
nated, and out of 24,366 species of animal fossil ex- 
amined, but 3,322 passed beyond the rocks in which 
their formation took place, and many species ex- 
amined do not extend through a formation, and 
this is observable especially among the higher or- 
ders of plant and animal life. 

Professor Owen, in his treatise on fossil, states: 
"That the higher the order of plant or animal life, 
the less is the period through which it extends." 

The first creation of plant and animal life, as be- 
fore stated, is very simple and comprises, compar- 
itively speaking, but few species or families ; but as 
we ascend the rocks, the species increase in num- 
ber and their organisms become more complicated 
and of a higher order, until among other noted 
species, we find in the tertiary and alluvial forma- 
tion, the mastodan, the elephant, the Dinotherium, 
Zengloden and man. Those that desire to trace 
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22 THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 

The geological theory of the primitive 
fusion of the earth considered in the 
light of natural law. 

If the geological theory be true and the earth, in 
its primary stages of development, existed as a 
great ball of liquid seething fire, as conceived by 
geologists, then the conditions incident to the cool- 
ing process, which caused a crust to form upon the 
surface of this globe of lava, that, in time, became 
capable of sustaining animal and plant life, will all 
be found in harmony with the natural law govern- 
ing this cooling process, sustaining the same rela- 
tion to each other as cause and effect. We will 
now briefly examine the laws which would operate 
in the cooling process of the world, and the effect 
that would follow, according to natural law, the 
solidification of a globe of lava into a world, like 
the earth, by reason of a reduction of temperature, 
by radiation from the surface of the globe. Expe- 
rience teaches us that all matter expands under the 
influence of heat, and contracts under the influence 
of cold. A piece of iron, when heated, we find to 
be much larger than when cold, and we can con- 
tinue to heat a solid until the expansive force be- 
comes so great, that the body is no longer able to 
retain its form and melts, or assumes the form of a 
liquid, and if we still continue to increase the tem- 
perature, it is possible to reach that degree of in- 
tensity, when even the particles of the liquid will 
dissipate or pass into a vapor. The degree of ex- 



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pansion seems only limited by the degree of heat, 
and the expansive force of all substances seems *o 
increase in proportion to the increase of tempera- 
ture, hence the law, "heat expands and cold con- 
tracts." This is the general law and applies to all 
substances in a state of nature, applying with equal 
force to the liquids until they reach their maximum 
density. Observing this general law of matter ex- 
panding under the influence of heat and contracting 
under the influence of cold, it will be readily un- 
derstood that if the primary existence of the earth 
was that of molten lava intensely heated, possess- 
ing not less than 6,000 degrees of heat, as is assum- 
ed by geologists, that the expansive force of the 
matter of the earth will, of necessity, have been 
very great, and the globe in its fused condition will 
occupy a much greater amount of space, than it 
would have occupied, were the elements of the 
earth in a solid or congealed state, by being re- 
duced in temperature to that point where the mat- 
ter of the globe would assume the form of a solid. 

This fact being conceded, it Is evident, if by radi- 
ation a crust was formed upon a globe of lava, of pos- 
sibly 6,000 degrees of heat, as claimed by scientists 
in the creation of the world, that the crust of the 
earth would have been as large in diameter and 
circumference as the globe of lava, and as this cool- 
ing process continued vacuums would be created, 
for as fast as the fused matter of the earth's inte- 
rior would assume the form of a solid by being re- 



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duced in temperature, it would be compelled to oc- 
cupy less space and the creation of vacuums would 
follow as a result of this cooling process under the 
general law that we have already stated. This fact 
is conceded by geologists as resulting from the op- 
eration of natural law governing the solidification 
of the globe of lava into a world like our earth, 
and there is no dispute about this first, but the 
question however, arises, where were the vacuums 
formed? Scientists tell us that they were formed 
immediately below the crust of the earth, and this 
crust giving away or collapsing, by reason of such 
vacuum and consequent atmospheric pressure gave 
rise to the uneven appearance of the surface of the 
globe. 

In arriving at this conclusion scientists evidently 
disregarded the existence of another natural law 
that is as unerring in its operation as the general 
law we have just stated. I refer to "the law of 
centrifugality. " It is a demonstrable fact that 
matter assuming the form of a globe and caused to 
revolve, creates a centrifugality. That is, there is 
a tendency created in the matter thus put in motion 
to fly off from the center of motion, or the axis of 
revolution. This tendency which increases with 
the increase of revolutions, we call the law of cen- 
trifugality, and it applies with equal force to all 
matter the same as the law with reference to heat 
and cold. 

Scientists recognize the existence of this law, 



OK, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WORLDS. . 25 

when they observe that the revolutions of the earth 
upon its axis while in a fused state changed its 
form from a sphere to a sphereoid. The same 
cause (centrifugality) that made the earth a spher- 
oid instead of a sphere, if their theory be true, 
would have caused all the vacuums to form 
at the center of motion, or the axis of revolution, 
instead of immediately below the crust of the earth 
as geologists contend. If then, the geological 
theory of the primitive fusion of the matter of the 
earth is true, the following conditions are also true, 
as they would result trom the operation of natural 
laws governing this cooling process of the fused 
matter of the globe. 

FIRST: If the primitive earth was reduced to a 
liquid fire by means of heat, and in this condition a 
crust formed upon its surface, the crust would con- 
form in figure to the surface of the globe, and would 
be level ; that is hills, mountains and valleys would 
have formed no portion of the landscape of our 
world. We would have had for the whole surface 
of the globe a level plain — a plain conforming to 
the spherosity of the globe. This would follow 
from the law that the particles of all liquids seek a 
level, and if the earth primarily was in a fused state, 
the matter composing it would seek a level and the 
surface would conform to this law called gravita- 
tion, and every point upon the surface of this fused 
globe would be equally distanced from a within 
point called the center, if the globe had been at 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



rest ; but in consequence of its revolutions upon its 
axis imparting to the matter a centrifugality, this 
would operate to change the form of the globe from 
a sphere to a spheroid, by increasing the equatorial 
diameter and correspondingly lessening the polar 
diameter ; but the law of attraction, of gravitation, 
would operate continuously and the surface of the 
globe would have been smooth, possessing no hills, 
mountains or valleys, and as this is not the case 
with the configuration of the surface of the globe, 
but on the contrary abounding in hills, valleys and 
mountains, we are forced to the conclusion that the 
geological theory of the primitive earth is not cor- 
rect, as it is evidently contrary to natural law, 
which would govern the cooling process of the 
world. 

SECOND. Geologists inform us that earthquakes 
and volcanoes result from the expansive force of the 
lava caused by the internal fires of the globe, which 
could not take place according to the natural law 
of matter, if the present geological theory of the 
primitive fusion of the earth is true, for there could 
be no confinement of the interior lava to bring about 
an earthquake or a volcano, and without this con- 
finement these phenomena in nature are impossi- 
ble. We observe that if the present geological 
theory be tme, and a crust really formed upon the 
surface of a globe of lava, as the fused matter of the 
earth parted with its heat and assumed the form of 
a solid, it would contract in form under the general 



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27 



law that we have stated, and would occupy less 
space, and would give rise to the creation of vac- 
uums which would be formed at the center of mo- 
tion, or the axis of revolution, arid the gasses would 
escape through the poles, if need be, so there 
could never have been an earthquake nor volcano 
if the present geological theory of the fusion of 
the primitive world be true. The crust forming 
upon the world of lava in its expanded state with 
the lava of the interior constantly cooling and con- 
tracting in form, there would be an abundance of 
room, in fact a great surplus, and hence there could 
be no confinement of the interior lava, and without 
this confinement there can be no eruption and con- 
sequently volcanoes and earthquakes are a contra- 
diction of the theory of the primitive fusion of the 
elements of the earth, for they become a physical 
impossibility with the present geological theory of 
the fusion of the elements of the primitive world. 

THIRD. If the elements of the earth were pri- 
marily in a fused state, greatly expanded, and a 
crust formed upon the surface of this globe of lava, 
as the cooling process continued, the incrustation 
would increase ; all subsequent formations would 
be but a continuation of the first incrustation, and 
there would have been no such things in nature as 
the unstratified rocks of the earth. They would 
have all been stratified, all being but a continuation 
of the first incrustation ; whereas, the fact is, that 
the great mass of the earth consists of unstratified 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



rocks and molten lava, and the unstratified rocks 
cannot be explained or accounted for under the 
theory of the primitive fusion of the earth. The 
stratified rock which, according to the present geo- 
logical theory, should constitute the entire earth as 
fast as the fused matter became sufficiently cooled 
to assume the form of a solid, does, in fact, consti- 
tute but a small portion of the great mass of the 
earth, they being from 12 to 15 miles in thickness 
at the equator, diminishing gradually toward the 
poles and disappear slightly within the polar cir- 
cles of the earth, thus proving from natural causes 
that the present geological theory of the primitive 
fusion of the earth cannot be true. 

We will now briefly sum up these results thus: 

First. If the earth was primarily in a fused 
state, the surface of the world would have been 
level ; that is, a plain conforming to the spherosity 
of the earth, for if a crust formed upon the surface 
of a fused globe it would conform to the surface of 
a sphere as a liquid, and would likewise be smooth 
and would possess no hills, mountains or valleys. 

Second. There would have been no such thing 
in nature as the' unstratified rocks ; they would have 
all been stratified, all being but a continuation of 
the first incrustation. 

Third. Earthquakes and volcanoes would have 
never disturbed the earth, for there could have been 



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29 



no confinement of the interior lava to bring about 
these changes ; there would have been a super- 
abundance of room caused by the contraction of the 
matter in being cooled, and the cause of the earth- 
quake and volcano would thus have been removed 
and without the cause, the effect cannot follow. 

Again, following up the scientific theory or the 
primitive fusion of the earth, the natural law, which 
would govern the creation, would produce a pecu- 
liar and at the same time a startling result. If 
matter expands under the influence of heat and con- 
tracts under the influence of cold, according to the 
natural law already stated, and if the elements of 
the earth were primarily melted by reason of in- 
tense heat, approximating 6,000 degrees, the ele- 
ments of the earth will of necessity be greatly ex- 
panded and the earth in this fused state will occu- 
py much more space, than if the temperature was so 
reduced that the earth's material had been solid. 

Now, if a crust should torm upon the surface of 
this globe of lava in its expanded state, as conceiv- 
ed by geologists, it would be as large as the globe 
of lava, and as the cooling process continued the 
incrustation would increase, all subsequent forma- 
tions being but a continuation of the first incrusta- 
tion, and eventually when all the fused matter of 
the globe congealed and assumed the form of a 
solid, the earth would be hollow — a mere shell. 
This, by the way, is the Symmes' theory, and if the 



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THE NEvV THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



scientific theory of the primitive fusion of the ele- 
ments of the earth be true, the Symmes' theory is 
also true, as it would follow as a result of the op- 
eration of natural law in the cooling process, or 
the solidification of a globe of lava into a world. 



The Symmes' theory of the configuration 
of the globe. 

The author of the Symmes' theory of concentric 
spheres was John C. Symmes, who was a captain in 
the war of 1812. Shortly after the close of the war 
he resigned his commission and devoted his life to 
the investigation of this theory, which he and Amer- 
icus Symmes, his son, have given to the world. 

The Symmes' theory claims the world to be hol- 
low, inhabitable inside as well as out. That the 
outside shell or crust is about 1,000 miles thick, 
except at the poles, where it approximates a thick- 
ness of about 1,500 miles. This great interior con- 
cavity of the earth, the Symmes' theory claims to 
be inhabitable, and that it is lighted and heated 
within by the rays of the sun the same as without. 
This is accomplished in this manner. The earth 
revolves upon an axis, not perpendicular to its or- 
bit, but at an angle of 23J degrees. The sun shines 
upon one-half of the earth at a time, and this being 
true, it will be observed that when the sun crosses 
the equator coming north, the rays will strike with- 



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31 



in the opening at the north pole, where it will be 
refracted and will furnish light and heat to the 
interior of the earth, and as the sun recedes toward 
the south, as soon as it crosses the equator the rays 
will penetrate the opening at the south pole, where, 
in like manner, they will be refracted through the 
great interior of the earth, and will furnish light and 
heat as before. 

Navigators in their explorations in the Arctic 
region, have demonstrated the fact that the climate 
at the north is the coldest at about 70 degrees, and 
becomes warmer as we approach the north until we 
reach the open Polar sea, beyond which navigators 
have not penetrated. Navigators speak of warm 
winds coming from the north, which could not come 
from a country of perpetual ice and snow, such as 
Newton conceived to characterize the climate at 
the north pole. Capt. Parry, in his third voyage to 
the north, speaks of these warm winds coming from 
a northern direction, and at 82 degrees north he 
measured the ice and found it to be 4 feet in thickness ; 
at 82 J degrees they again measured the thickness of 
the ice and found it to be but 3 feet, and at 82| de- 
grees there was no ice strong enough to bear their 
boats; and they were compelled to abandon their 
idea of reaching the pole, as there was no ice 
sufficiently strong to bear the boats that would en- 
able them to outride the tempests. Parry says, the 
winds from the north were not only warm, but 
brought swarms of flies, and the rays of the sun 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



were so warm that the tar become melted in the 
seams of his boat. Parry, Ross, Tysson and Dr. 
Kane all speak of warm winds coming from the 
north. They also speak of the increase of water 
fouls and animal life in general, in proportion as 
they near the pole. They also assert that animals 
and birds of various species go north to winter, 
which would indicate a warmer climate, than at some 
distance to the south. 

Another strange phenomena is witnessed, and is 
spoken of by navigators. They claim that in sail- 
ing north in high latitude the north star rises to the 
zenith and then passes toward the stern of the ship. 
According to the general idea of the position of 
the north star with reference to the pole, the vessel 
would have to be in the region of the pole before 
the North star would be in the zenith, or directly 
overhead ; yet the star passes toward the stern of 
the ship before the vessel reaches 83 degrees. It is 
also remarked that the water is here in a state of 
aggitation, which has alarmed navigators. 

In the Greely expedition it will be remembered 
that Lieutenant Lockwood and Sergeant Brainerd 
in 1883 journeyed north to Lockwood Island 83 
24' N., and longitude 44 , 5', W. Here they 
were turned back by open water, and barely escaped 
with their lives, on account of the aggitation of the 
water and the tendency to carry them northward 
into the open sea. 



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Mr. Symmes' theory explains this phenomena in 
this manner: "That the earth is hollow, the crust 
being a shell, a> before stated and the ages sur- 
rounding the poles he calls verges. He claims that 
the water passing over this verge into the interior 
of the earth is what causes the aggitation of the 
water, and the vessel sailing over this verge will 
experience the rising of the North star to the 
zenith, and then the decline towards the stern of 
the ship. Mr. Symmes' further claims that if the 
voyage was continued, the vessel would emerge 
from the south pole, thus proving that the earth 
can be sailed through as well as around. 

As little as this theory is endorsed, it is perfectly 
in accord with the natural law, if the geological 
theory of the primitive fusion of the earth is true. 
Mr. Symmes' bases his theory of the configuration 
of the globe upon the geological theory of its prim- 
itive fusion, and if his premises is correct, his theory 
as to the configuration of the globe is also correct, 
as it would follow as a result of natural law. 

As the dements of the earth congealed by being 
deprived of heat, they would contract and occupy- 
less space, and vacuums wculd form as a result ot 
of this incrustation or cooling process, and as a 
crust is already formed over the surface of the great 
heated mass of the world ot lava, the exterior sur- 
face of the crust can never become smaller; as 
the heated matter congeals it will add on to the 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



crust already formed, and as the revolution of the 
globe upon its axis imparts to matter a centrifugal- 
ity it will always keep the heated matter in contact 
with the crust of the earth, and the vacuums will 
form at the center of motion or the axis of revolu- 
tion. 

A familiar example we can have of the centrifu- 
gality of matter, by placing water in a bucket and 
swinging it over our heads. We will find that there 
is a tendency in the water thus put in motion by 
the force of the arm, to fly off from the center of 
motion, or the axis of revolution, which in this in- 
stance is the arm pit ; but it is restrained from 
doing so by coming in contact with the bottom of 
the bucket. This force of centrifugality will keep 
the water in the bucket in constant contact with 
the bottom, and notwithstanding the fact that the 
bucket in making the revolution, is a part of the 
time inverted, the water still remains in it, held 
firmly by the laws of centrifugality. 

So it is with tiie matter of the earth. If a crust 
formed upon its surface, in consequence of the revo- 
lution of the globe upon its axis, imparting to mat- 
ter a centrifugality, the lava of the interior of 
the earth would be kept in constant contact with 
the crust of the earth, the same as the water was 
kept in contact with the bottom of the bucket, and 
as the matter of the earth contracts, in being reduc- 
ed in temperature, the vacuums will be formed at 



«>K, THE LI FE AM) DEATH OF WORLDS. 35 

the center of motion, or the axis of revolution, and 
when the whole fused matter of the earth becomes 
congealed, the earth will be hollow, similar to the 
Symmes' theory, possessing a great interior concav- 
ity from 3,000 to 5,000 miles in diameter, and pass- 
ing through the earth from north to south, termi- 
nating with the poles, which will be near the cen- 
ter of the opening at either axis of the earth. 

Hence, if w e concede the primitive fusion of the 
earth to be a fact, we must also concede the 
Symmes theory of the configuration of the. earth, as 
a result of the operation of natural law, attending 
the solidification of a globe of lava into a world. 

We shall, how ever, attempt to account for all the 
circumstances attending the discoveries at the north 
pole on a different theory, based, however, upon 
natural law as evidenced in the creation of the 
world, but resting upon a different premises than 
that of the primitive fusion of the earth. 



The earth's origin as evidenced by natur- 
al LAW, BY TRADITION AND 15V MOSES 
AND THE PROPHETS. 

Through our knowledge of the laws of nature, as 
well as our experience and observation in this di- 
rection, we are taught that all new forms of matter 
coming into existence* proceed from another al- 



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THE NEW THEOtn OF THE CREATION; 



ready existing ; hence the bible tells us that there 
is nothing-new under the sun. 

This knowledge forces us to the conclusion that 
there must have been two great first principles in 
the universe of creation, from which have proceed- 
ed all existing forms of matter. We notice in our 
own being, as well as all organized matter, these 
two principles, there is material (the body) and im- 
material (the life.) The union of these two princi- 
ples produces our being, and the case is the same 
throughout nature. 

In all the combinations of matter we find a posi- 
tive and a negative element, which seems to per- 
vade the entire creation to such an extent that, if 
we find a negative, we may be certain that there is 
a corresponding%)6sitive, and vice versa. 

Electricity was, at one time, considered an ex- 
ception to this general rule ; but it was soon ascer- 
tained that even in this there was a positive and 
negative element, proving that so far as the finite 
mind has been capable of investigating, there is a 
positive and a negative classification of the entire 
creation. 

Observing this general characteristic of the crea- 
tion, it is reasonable to presume that when we pass 
back through the ages, antedating the creation of 
the world, that there was also a positive and a neg- 
ative element existing. 



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37 



The positive element of the creation, commonly 
called God, is everywhere recognized by our chris- 
tian civilization, hence it will only be necessary for 
us to prove the co-existence of matter, and we, 
will thus establish the co-existence of* these two 
principles, and prove the declaration of Moses true, 
from scientific researches, that " the earth was 
formed out of chaos" which means matter in confu- 
sion. Moses no where in the Bible warrants us in 
the statement that God created the matter which 
constitutes the world, but on the oilier hand he 
stated positively the contrary. 

He says: " In the beginning," mark the language, 
not at the beginning, but " IN THE BEGINNING, " 
which would lead us to infer that the earth had 
progressed, that is the matter had formed or exist- 
ed when "God created the heavens and the earth," 
and further on in the same chapter He tells us, 
"the earth was," that is the elements existed with- 
out lorm and void. The traditions that we have 
cited in chapter first referring to the creation, if we 
consider them as having a common origin, as is in- 
dicated by themselves, if they prove anything, they 
prove that the matter of the earth existed before 
the creation. The tradition of the Aztics says 
that, 44 the earth existed like a fog, like a cloud, 
was it in formation, " which accords with the teach- 
ings of Moses that the earth was formed out of 
chaos. But discarding these evidences, let us in- 
vestigate and establish the existence of matter be- 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



fore the creation of the world from scientific re- 
searches. In order that we may intelligently in- 
vestigate this principle, let us consider that there 
has been no creation of the world. We will sup- 
pose the earth and its attributes stricken from the 
great planetary System of worlds, and we will now 
pause in our deliberations and ascertain if there is 
anything existing in -the place so recently occupied 
by the w orld. Scientifically,, we 'find something 
here that has existed before anything we know of, 
and the name of this something is space. 

We are accustomed . to ,. look upon space, or its 
elements, as a void— something not material. As 
the school boy -says,- "a great nothing;" but if 
space is really nothing, scientifically, it can not 
exist ; but we are made aware that it docs exist, 
we, the earth- and -its attributes, as well as the 
great systems of worlds, move in it ; we perceive it 
with our sense of sight, and it thus becomes palpa- 
ble to our organs-*6f -sense, and science teaches us 
that anything palpable to our organs of sense, is 
matter. Thus, space is not only an existing thing, 
but possesses the quality of matter, and hence, may- 
be considered the negative element, of the crea- 
tion. " ' 

Space is conceded to be without limit, it exists 
everywhere, and .occupies all place not occupied by 
other bodies. . ;.I.t is.a difficult proposition for us to 
comprehend, for the finite mind is not presumed to 



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be able to grasp infinity, but if we supposed space to 
be limited, then the question would suggest itself,, 
what exists on beyond these supposed limits ? To 
which, reason could only answer space. 

Space must therefore be unlimited, and thus the 
axiom would follow, if space has no limit, it can 
have had no beginning ; for in case it had had a be- 
ginning, it w ould of necessity, beg-in to extend from 
one point, and if this were the case, it would not 
matter how rapid ly it might be gaining in extent, 
it would always be limited, which proves. not to be. 

Hence, space is eternal in existence and unlimit- 
ed in extent. It is a body that has existed as long- 
as the Creator has existed, or in other words, a 
body co-existing throughout all eternity with the 
God of the universe of worlds. 

No one will deny the fact that space is unlimited 
with reference to extent, neither will he deny the 
fact that space is eternal, with reference to time. If 
space then, is eternal in existence and unlimited in 
extent, and possesses the properties of matter, it 
may certainly be called the negative element of 
creation, and these conditions are amply proven 
from scientific researches. Space cannot be limited 
for there can be no boundary, and if space is not 
limited, it can have had no beginning, and is there- 
fore eternal and if the elements of space occupies 
place and is palpable to our organs of sense, philos- 
ophy teaches us that it is matter. 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



Again, nature always makes the most of her 
energies, which is a part of God's great plain in the 
creation, and she never creates a void. This would 
be a waste, and is not characteristic of the Ruler of 
the universe. Hence, space is not a void, as is gen- 
erally conceived, but matter, and probably the neg- 
ative element of the creation of. the world. 

Space, therefore, being eternal in existence and 
unlimited in extent, and possessing the qualities of 
matter, is not this the same body spoken of by 
Moses, when He informs us that "In the beginning 
God created the heavens and the earth, that the 
EARTH was without form and void ?" If the earth 
was, that is existed, before the creation, it would 
have been a part and parcel of the elements of 
space, and as space is without form, which is the 
case, it being unlimited, the elements of the earth 
would have been void, hence the matter of the earth 
before the creation of the world was just such a 
body as is represented by Moses — -a body WITHOUT 
FORM and VOID. 



Tracing the operation of natural law in 
the creation of the world. 

The primary division of the elements of space 
seems to have been' atoms. These atoms possessed 
a sort of life known as the chemical life of matter, 
an attribute of Deity, which manifested itself in at- 



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trading other atoms of space, and forming combi- 
nations of atoms and eventually worlds. These 
combinations will at first have had the appearance 
ot large clouds or mists floating in space, as 
appears from astronomical observation, and will 
gradually have condensed, and after a lapse of time, 
perhaps millions of years, (for a thousand years to 
nature is as but one day) they will become solid 
bodies, which we now see in the form of celestial 
globes, and of which our earth is also one. 

It is also ascertained that space varies in density 
in different parts of the heavens, as manifested by 
the comet in its passage through space. The 
comet in passing through that part of the heavens,, 
where the atoms of space have been aggregated 
into globes like the earth and other celestial bodies, 
the friction being less, the attractive force of the 
particles of the comet will act more forcibly upon 
each other and the comet becomes globular in form; 
but in passing through that part of the space where 
the atoms have not been aggregated, it meets with 
more resistance and the comet elongates, and has. 
what we call an increase of tail. 

The comet is probably a globe in formation, in 
fact, this proposition is now conceded by scientists 
in both America and Europe. Within the range of 
the science of astronomy comets have steadily mod- 
ified towards a planetic existence. Take for exam- 
ple Encke's comet. When it first became known 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



to astronomers, it developed at perihelion a tail 30 
degrees in length ; but now it appears at perihelion 
as a hazy globe, and at the present rate of progress 
toward a world, it will require but a few thousand 
years to make it a planet of our solar system. Hal- 
ley's comet has also undergone a great change since 
it was first discovered, and has lost most of its 
cometic character, and is rapidly assuming the form 
of a planet. 

Comets may be divided into two general classes 
— solar and planetary. The solar comets are those 
outside of any system of worlds, and whose conden- 
sation will give rise to a planet like the earth and 
other similar globes in the solar system. 

These combinations will, at first, be very irregu- 
lar in their orbits, but gradually condensing, will at 
last take fixed positions with respect to each other, 
for they are all attracted, the one by the other, in 
all directions, and the distance between them be- 
coming greater by reason of the particles uniting, 
will no longer admit of any irregularity in motion 
to bring them together. The earth, to illustrate, 
is attracted by the sun ; but at the same time is at- 
tracted in an opposite direction by other celestial 
bodies, and by other solar systems which keep her 
from approaching any nearer the sun, and causes 
her to remain in her orbits. Not only this, but the 
electric currents passing from one globe to the 
other has not only an attractive, but a repulsive force, 



OK. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WORLDS. 4-) 

which exerts itself upon all globes throughout the 
universe and keeps them in their respective courses. 
The law of attraction seems to be, that like repels 
like, and attracts the opposite. We see this illus- 
trated in a marked degree by the planetic comet. 
The comet, we will say, is in a remote part of the 
solar system, and consists of particles of space or 
matter but partially united and possessing a low 
temperature. It is now attracted by the sun, 
which in consequence of its fused condition, pos- 
sesses the opposite electric current to that of the 
comet. The comet in approaching the sun is over- 
come by- the more powerful currents of the sun's 
electricity, and becomes charged with the same and 
is repelled to the opposite part of the system, at the 
same time, of course, acted upon to a greater or 
less extent by the attractive and repulsive forces 
of all other planets and systems of planets of the 
universe of creation. If now, the globes in their 
various stages of development, are held in their re- 
spective orbits by their reciprocity of attractive 
and repulsive forces, it follows that such globes 
must be dispersed throughout space, to establish 
the equilibrium of the system. The planets in 
their various stages of formation constitute their 
solar system -1, and again, solar systems of solar sys- 
tems giving rise to, and constituting the great uni- 
verse of creation ; with the attractive and repul- 
sive forces extending irom one globe to the other 
throughout this great system, acting not unlike the 
tendons in the animal body. 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



For illustration, we will take the whole unlimit- 
ed universe, and compare its parts to the animal: 
organization. Space being the great unlimited- 
body, without form and void, the globes are the 
muscles of this great body, while the attractive and 
repulsive forms, extending from one globe to anoth- 
er, throughout this great body, are the tendon, or 
cords that bind into one harmonious whole, the sev- 
eral parts of this incomprehensible body, while the 
brain, the great thinking and directing force of this 
unlimited body, is God— not only God of this world, 
but God of an infinitude of worlds, comprehending 
within his immensity aH space and all time. 



Development of worlds from comets and 
x k b u lo u s m atte r . 

Again referring to the Bible, Moses tells us that 
the earth was formed out of chaos ; that the matter 
which comprises the earth, before the creation of 
the world, was without foim and void. We have 
endeavored to show that this was really the case. 
That the originary matter, of which the earth and 
other globes are created, is the element of space ; 
and that as space is without form, it being unlimit- 
ed, the elements of the earth would also have been 
without form, and as the matter was void of life be- 
fore being acted upon by Deity, the matter of the 
earth was in the condition described by Moses, 



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4;5 



- without form and void. " The primary elements 
of space, as before stated, consisted of atoms, which 
was aroused by the action of Deity to a sort of 
life, which we recognize as the chemical life of mat- 
ter, creating an affinity in the atom* causing them 
to unite and form combinations of atoms, and even- 
tually worlds. A good illustration of this affinity, 
or chemical life of matter in forming combinations 
of atoms is apparent in the process of churning 
butter. The atoms of butter will at first be so 
small they cannot be distinguished by the naked 
eye, and in this condition they approximate very 
closely the atoms of space. We now, byaggitating 
the cream, arouse the chemical life of the atoms 
(which seems to be electricity excited by friction,; 
and combination of the atoms takes place, and w r e 
have small globes of butter, which correspond to 
the intermediate stage in the development of a 
world, or that period in a planets development 
when these small globes unite, and produce the un- 
stratified rock of a planet. This is our explanation 
of the unstratified rocks of a planet, which consti- 
tute the bulk of the earth, and have never been ac- 
counted for, and cannot be, by geologists in their 
theory of the primitive fusion of the earth, because 
they take their origin from the union of small 
globes, which constitute the great mass of all plan- 
ets, according to natural law, and to which our 
earth is no exception, as is proven by actual obser- 
vation. 



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A small portion of the atoms of space seems to 
have* consisted of humidity, or moisture, which is 
one of God's great agents in the development of 
worlds. When these atoms unite and form corpus- 
cles of matter, or globules, the parts constituting; 
the globule, or small globe, will arrange themselves 
according to the laws of attraction, of gravitation, 
and the solid matter will be acted upon more forci- 
bly than the light matter, or water, which will be 
forced to the surface, and the globule will be cov- 
ered with water, the same as now appears to be the 
case with the small globes, or globules in Aster- 
oids. 

These innumerable globules in asteroid, is prob- 
ably a planet in the intermediate stage of forma- 
tion, or as the earth was when the small globes 
united and formed the unstratified rocks of the 
earth. This space called asteroid is between the 
planets Mars and Jupiter, and early attracted the 
attention of astronemers, as it was conceded by all 
that a planet ought to occupy this space in order 
to cause harmony to pervade the solar system. 

Bodes' law proved this proposition to a certainty, 
and demonstrated that if we let "o" represent the 
sun, and " 3 " the first planet, then the distance of 
the globes of the solar system will correspond with 
the following numbers: o, 5, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, etc., 
but a vacancy appears in the solar system in 24, 
and all the other globes corresponds to these num- 
bers respectively. 



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Astronomers were further agreed that something- 
existed in this space, that influenced the, planets 
Mars and Jupiter, and caused a purturbation in the 
orbits of these planets; they accordingly directed 
their attention to this part of the heavens, and in 
1 80 1 Piazzi discovered a small globe in this space 
which he named Ceres ; other globes were soon 
discovered, and it now appears that a great num- 
ber of minerature worlds, or globules, exists in this 
space, which has accordingly been called, asteroids; 
all the globes so far as can be ascertained, are cov- 
ered with water, and so small that they are invisi- 
ble to the naked eye, except vista which sometimes^ 
when the sky is remarkably clear, appears as a star 
of the sixth magnitude. 

These globules which should have united and 
formed the unstratified rocks of a great planet in 
the space called asteroids, from some irregularity 
in the law governing the development of worlds, 
were kept from uniting and forming a real planet, 
and ma)' be considered a monstrosity in the devel- 
opment of worlds. 

w We notice this is often characteristic of the oper- 
ation of natural law. We see the animal, some- 
times, born with two heads, when he should have 
but one, and four feet when he should have but two, 
and vice versa. These are anomilies, and caused 
by the derangement of natural laws ; and as ail 
creation is governed by natural law, is it not reas- 



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onable to suppose that these same anomolies we 
witness in the creation of animals, a.^ resulting 
from the derangement of natural law, have a coun- 
terpart in the creation of worlds, and in support of 
this fact we have the unmistakable .proofs. Is not 
Saturn, with he encircling rings and eight moons a 
monstrosity ? We have nothing like her in the 
^solar system, and as all planets are created by the 
operation of natural law, and from the same mate- 
rial, should they not be in a manner the same ? 
The principal difference resulting, in the main as 
as we shall show hereafter from the age and size of 
the planet. 

Thus Asteroid and Mars may be considered 
monstrosities of our solar system in the formation 
of planets. Asteroid, more as a premature birth of 
a world, or a globe, in its intermediate stage of de- 
velopment, yet it is possible that in the future the 
cause that has operated to prevent the union of the 
small globes of Asteroid, which would have formed 
the unstratified rocks of a great planet, may be re- 
moved and those globlets may yet unite and pro- 
duce a real planet like the earth and other globes 
of the solar system. 

When globules or globlets unite and produce the 
unstratified rocks of a real planet, it is observable 
that the same law of attraction of gravitation op- 
erates, as when the atoms unite to form globulets. 
The solid matter being acted upon more forcibly 



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49 



by this power of attraction, then the lighter sub- 
stance, (water) the water will be forced to the sur- 
face of the globe, and before the globlets become 
perfectly united, the water will have covered the 
entire surface of the planet, giving it the appear- 
ance of the youthful Jupiter, with water covering 
the entire face or surface ; presenting the appear- 
ance of a world of water, as the telescope reveals 
the planet Jupiter. This was, undoubtedly, the 
condition of the earth, when, as Moses tells us, the 
spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, 
and that God dividing the waters from the waters, 
causing the dry land to appear. 



HOW THE DIVISION OF THE WATERS WERE EF- 
FECTED BY THE OPERATION OF NAT- 
URAL LAW. 

The great mass of the earth we may now con- 
ceive to be completed ; that is, the globules of 
the earth have united and formed the unstratified 
rocks of the earth. The unstratified rocks cannot 
be accounted for on any other theory. They are 
proven to have been small globes, and constitute 
the great bulk of the " earth ; the stratified rocks 
being but from thirteen to fifteen miles in thickness 
at the equator, and diminish gradually in thickness 
towards the poles, and disappear slightly within the 
polar circles of the earth ; hence it is evident they 



SO THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 

constitute but a very small portion of the great mass 
of the earth, which, as before stated, consists of un- 
stratified rocks and molten lava. 

Let us now follow the earth through its various 
stages of development, until it* becomes a perfect 
world. It now appears as a globe of water, for in 
the union of the globules, the water was forced to 
the surface, and we now behold the dark waters of 
the globe, as they lie undisturbed upon the bosom 
of the earth. The spirit of God, that Moses tells 
us moved over the face of the waters, is now mani- 
fest in the revolution of the earth upon its axis. 

The effect of this revolution is soon apparent. The 
water at the poles will be acted upon by a cen- 
trifugal force, and will divide, causing a continent 
at either pole, which constituted the first firmament, 
and resulted from the revolution of the earth upon 
its axis. If we desire to illustrate this proposition, 
we can do so by placing a small amount of water 
In a bucket and cause it to revolve or whirl around. 

It will be observed that the water will separate at 
the center and flow towards the sides of the bucket, 
and if there be but little water in the vessel, a bar- 
ren spot will be seen at the center of revolution, or 
the pole, which will be a good illustration of the 
polar continent. If this proposition be true, is it 
not reasonable for us to presume that the poles 
were the homes of our first parents, and possessed 
the garden of Eden with its fruits and flowers, and 



OR* THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WORLD?. 51 

that here is where Adam gave names to the beasts 
of the fields and the fouls of the air. There is 
many evidences in support of this proposition 
which we will not attempt to present here. We 
will only answer one or two of the most common 
objections to this proposition. The first would be 
that our first parents existed in a warm climate, 
and that the climate at the pole is cold. We 
will only suggest that the climate at the poles is 
different at this advanced stage of the earth's exis- 
tence, than in its youth. The youthful planet, as 
is proven by Jupiter and other globes, revolved on 

a line perpendicular to the plane of its orbit ; hence 
the path of the sun was stationary ; that is, it never 
varied to the north or south of the equator, but was 
always on the line. The sun shines upon one-half 
of the earth at a time, and this being true, the rays 
of the sun stationed at the equator, penetrates both 
poles of the earth. Then, there is another modify- 
ing circumstance. The equatorial diameter of the 
earth being twenty-six miles greater than the polar 
diameter, there is a tendency in the water at the 
equator to pass towards the poles, and 'coming in 
contact with the polar currents at about 80 or 83 
degrees, they unite and form an elevation of water 
surrounding the polar continents. The refraction 
of the sun's rays (estimated to be about 17 degrees) 
will pass over the elevation of water upon the one 
side and strike within, on the other side, so it is ev- 
ident thai the polar continent, not only received 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION j 



the direct rays of the sun continuously and more 
nearly verticle than at some distance from the 
polar continents towards the equator ; but also the 
reflected rays of the sun, reflected from the water 
surrounding the polar continent, from the opposite 
side to that of the sun. These circumstances will 
greatly modify the climate of the polar continent 
and convert it from a frigid to a mild or torrid cli- 
mate, which characterized the early existence of 
the polar continents, as manifest from the remains 
of tropical animal and plant life within the polar 
circles. 

Again, the earth is a great magnet and the cur- 
rents of electricity thrown from the earth at the 
poles giving rise to the Aurora-borealis in the 
north and the Aurora-Australis in the south may 
have had a tendency to further greatly modify the 
climate at the poles and convert it into a torrid 
zone at the time of the formation of the polar con- 
tinents. This proposition is susceptible of proof. 
(See our large work.) The fact that the climate 
of the north pole has been suitable for the growth 
and development of tropical plant and animal life is 
proven beyond a shadow of doubt by northern ex- 
plorers. The further north we travel within the 
polar circles the greater is the vestiges of elephants, 
tortoises, crocodiles and other beasts and reptiles 
of a tropical climate. 

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53 



igators inform us, are formed almost exclusively of 
the remains of tropical animals, proving that they 
must have existed in great numbers in the region 
at the poles. 

We will have to pass from this subject for want 
of space, and proceed to the consideration of the 
stratified rocks of the earth. 



The stratified rocks considered. 

The earth is possessed of two principal revolu- 
tions ; one, diernal or daily, upon the earth's axis ; 
and the other annual, or yearly, around the sun. 
The unstratified rocks of the earth being now formed 
and the earth's surface covered with water, 
except the continent at the poles, it begins to at- 
tract to itself in its revolution, the small particles 
of matter, floating in space, in the earth's orbit 
around the sun. These particles will form in layers, 
or strata, from the fact that the earth is revolving 
upon its axis, and the matter thus formed in layers, 
will constitute the stratified rocks of the earth. 

As proof that they have formed in this manner it 
will be observed that the strata are thickest at the 
equator, where the attractive powers of the earth, 
for obvious reasons, would be greatest, and dimin- 
ish in thickness gradually, as we pass from the 
equator towards either pole ; and disappear slight- 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



ly within the polar circles, where we find nothing- 
but the unstratified rocks, which form the great 
mass of the earth. 

This fact is strictly in accordance with the law of 
the attractive and repulsive forces of the earth, 
and prove that the stratified rocks of the earth 
have resulted from these causes. 

Another fact becomes apparent in the considera- 
tion of the unstratified rocks of the earth, and that 
is, that if the stratified rocks were removed from 
the earth's surface, that the polar diameter and 
equatorial diameter would be the same. Hence, 
the earth changed its form from a sphere to a 
spheroid, not by virtue of the fused mass of the 
matter of the globe, and the action upon this mass 
of the centrifugal force of the matter of the globe 
as claimed by geologists ; but by the super-accre- 
tion of matter in forming the stratified rocks of the 
surface of the earth. 

Geologists concede that the stratified rocks evi- 
dence the fact that they have been formed in 
water ; and how else could it have taken place, but 
in the manner indicated. When the small globules 
united and formed the unstratified rocks of the 
earth, it is evident that a vast amount of matter in 
small particles existed in the orbit of the earth, 
which the earth would attract to itself, in its 'cir- 
cuit around the sun, and in proof or this fact we 



OR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WORLDS. 



can see that outside of the earth's immediate at- 
traction, that is at the point where the repulsive 
force would operate, and balance or overcome the 
attractive, the nebulos matter was so plentiful that 
it formed the moon, and the attractive and repul- 
sive forces gave it an orbit around the earth, and it 
sustains about the same relation to the earth that 
the earth does to the sun. 

In fact we may consider the earth, and all the 
other planets of this solar system as satellites of 
the sun ; the sun being the main body, or globe, 
and the planets mere attendants, or as we would 
say, moons. All systems, whether planetary or 
solar, are formed of the same material, and govern- 
ed by the same laws, and hence a planet and its 
satellites is only a solar system on a small scale, as 
we have attempted to prove in our larger work, 
and in most cases the planet has not reached that 
period of incandescence, which characterizes the 
sun. Nearly all the planets are accompanied in 
their orbits with one or more satellites, or moons. 
Take for instance, Jupiter ; she is attended by a 
retinue of four moons, which have their orbits and 
are a beautiful illustration of a solar system. If 
we consider each of the planets, with their satel- 
lites a system, then our solar system would be a 
system of systems, and would convey to our un- 
derstanding something of the nature of the creation 
of worlds. 

Could we but penetrate the great immensity of 



THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



space, we would behold systems of worlds, forming 
their solar systems of solar systems, extending 
throughout the infinitude of space, and down 
through the ages of an everlasting eternity of time; 
all constituting the universe ot creation, and gov- 
erned and controlled by the same Almighty power. 

When Ave contemplate the grandeur of the uni- 
verse, in all its immensity of space and time, the 
earth seems lost in its insignificance, yet a knowl- 
edge of the mundane creation enables us to ascer- 
tain and comprehend, to some extent, the laws 
that govern the material creation, and enables us 
to form a juster appreciation of the omnipotent 
power that has fashioned and formed the universe 
of worlds, and the laws by which they are governed 
and controlled. 



The internal fires of the globe. — Their 
cause and the effect in the develop- 
ment of the world. 

Let us now, in our minds, pass back through the 
centuries, to the period marking the completeness 
of the earth. Strictly speaking, this is not true, for 
the earth is constantly growing, although at the 
present time it is so slow as to be almost impercep- 
tible ; yet the particles of matter in the orbit of the 
earth is constantly being attracted to the earth, and 



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57 



occasionally, these particles are so plentiful, as to 
be visible to the eye at sun rise and sun set ; giving 
the sky a peculiar cast, resulting as astronomers tell 
us, from "meteoric dust in the atmosphere." We 
also note occasionally meteoric stones which fall 
from the atmosphere, and the earth is being con- 
stantly augumented from these sources, but not to 
that extent as to form strata of rocks rapidly as at 
the period in the earth's history when the globules 
united and formed the unstratified rocks, leaving in 
the entire orbit of the earth vast quantities of mat- 
ter, in minute particles, to be attracted to the sur- 
face of the earth to form the stratified rocks neces- 
sary for the completion of the earth. 

The earth, at this period, we will consider as 
having reached the strength of its manhood. It is 
now a youthful world, like the planet Jupiter. It 
consists of the unstratified and stratified rocks, with 
the surface of the world covered with water, except- 
ing the continents at the poles. The stratified 
rocks were merely wound on to the surface of the 
globe, by reason of the revolution of the earth upon 
its axis and its attractive forces ; but being heavier 
than water, sank and adhered to the unstratified 
rocks, and the water rose to the surface of the globe 
and covered the whole face of the earth, except the 
continents at the poles. The earth, at this period, 
revolved upon a line perpendicular to the plane of 
its orbit, as is the case with Jupiter and all other 
planets during their youthful period, as the causes 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



have not yet operated to change their centers of 
gravity, which takes place at a later period, when 
the planet is more advanced in age and the- conden- 
sation of its parts greater. 

The effects of the condensation of the matter of a 
globe are two-fold. It increases the elements, or 
strength of the earth, by increasing its electric cur- 
rents, and renders it capable of sustaining a degree 
of animal and vegetable life ; and second, it gene- 
rates a heat in the interior of a globe, that in time, 
fuses it, and causes the death of the planet at a later 
period. In other words, the planet becomes burned 
out and dies. The office of the internal fires of the 
globe seems to be to decompose or fuse the solid 
matter, and send life currents of electricity to every 
part of the globe, and probably to other worlds, in 
space, as seems evident from the electric currents 
escaping from the poles of the earth into space, 
which we recognize as northern and southern lights. 

These seem to be life currents, and like the heart 
in the human body, at every pulsation it sends the 
life currents to every part of the system, and again,, 
like the heart, in the course of time, it will cease to 
operate and death will result to the world, the same 
as the individual. They are both subject to the 
same law, and life and death is as characteristic of 
worlds as of individuals. Old globes, worn out in 
the mechanism of the universe, are dissolved and 
new, ones arise. Observation proves both of these 



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59 



propositions true, and each planet has its period of 
infancy, youth, manhood and old age, similar to the 
individual, for all are formed of the same material 
and are governed by the same natural laws. 

The diameter of the earth is about 8000 miles, 
hence it will be observed that the matter at the 
center of the earth will sustain the combined 
weight of all the matter of the globe from the cen- 
ter to the surface. This weight is enormous. 
Think of it ; the weight of nearly 4,000 miles in 
thickness of the solid matter of the globe. This 
power we call condensation, and we will now con- 
sider its effect upon the world. 

It is estimated by competent authority, based 
upon actual experiment and cited in Babcock's 
Geology, that the condensation or pressure of the 
matter of the earth at its center is sufficient to com- 
press rock into one-eighth (J) of its size on the sur- 
face of the globe ; and steel into one-fourth (£■') of 
its bulk. It is evident that no substance in nature 
could withstand such a pressure and retain its form, 
and the center of the earth must have been fused 
from the heat generated by condensation of the 
matter of the globe, long before the earth reached 
its present density, 

It is proven by the British Association, of Lon- 
don, England, from actual experiments made in 
England, France, Germany, Mexico, United States 



60 THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 

and several other countries, that the average .in-, 
crease of temperature in all these countries, as we 
penetrate the bowels of the earth beyond the depth 
effected by the sun's rays, is one degree for every 
forty-five feet, as we descend into the earth. As- 
suming this statement to be true, (and it has not 
been questioned to our knowledge) if we represent 
the mean temperature of the earth at the surface to 
be fitty degrees, a heat sufficient to boil water, will 
be reached at a little over a mile below the surface 
of the globe, (7,290 teet,) and at the same rate of 
increase a heat of 6,400 degrees, sufficient to melt 
all known rocks, would be reached at 5 9 J miles, 
and if the increase continued in the same ratio, at 
the center of the earth, it would approximate 
475,000 degrees ot heat. This degree of heat, how- 
ever, is a physical impossibility, and we are forced 
to the conclusion that long before the earth readied 
its present density, probably shortly after the 
globules united and formed the unstratified rocks of 
the earth, that a heat was generated at the center 
of the globe, by reason of condensation, that fused 
the solid matter of the earth at the center of the 
globe. 

As the solid matter of the earth was thus reduced 
from a solid to a fused condition, by means of heat; 
it is obvious that the matter fused must have been 
greatly expanded, by reason 01 this intense heat^ 
and as the condensation of the solid matter of the 
earth continued, the heat at the center increases, 



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61 



and the fused matter of the interior of the globe is 
augmented, and the expansive force of the lava is 
increased until it becomes so great that the solid 
matter of the earth, encircling the fused mass, can 
not confine it ; and the solid matter of the globe is 
burst asunder and an earthquake of great magni- 
tude takes place ; the water from the surface is 
poured into the interior of the earth and vast quan- 
tities of steam is generated, a large portion of the 
surface, on the one side of the earth, is literally 
blown to pieces, and great quantities of fused un- 
stratified rocks are thrown to the surface of the 
globe, and the eastern continent thereby becomes 
elevated above the water. The eastern continent 
proves to have been elevated at an early period, 
and by just such a catastrophe. The mountain 
systems are irregular, showing that the globules 
were but imperfectly united, and the vast quantities 
of unstratified rocks and fused matter thrown from 
the interior of the earth evidence the magnitude of 
the earth's throes in the elevation of the continent. 

The paroxysm having subsided by the pressure 
being removed from the interior, and with numerous 
volcanoes serving as vents, the earth's surface will 
begin to heal by the closing of the fissures in the 
rocks, but the center of gravity being moved, by 
reason of the vast quantity of matter thrown from 
the interior to the surface of the globe, the inclina- 
tion of the earth's axis will be changed and inclined 
towards the plane of its orbit, which would proba- 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CKEATION; 



bly convert the climate at the pole into one of 
great frigidity, as is proven to a certainty from the 
remains of extinct plant and animal life found with- 
in the polar circles, the species of which have, at 
some past period in the earth's history existed at 
the poles. 



Internal fires Continued. — The elevation 
OF the western continent. 

Nature is never in a state of repose ; repose means 
death and is not characteristic of youth, even in the 
development of worlds. While organic or natural 
law was steadily repairing the fracture in the rocks, 
caused by the elevation of the eastern continent, ce- 
menting them with fused rock, making them even 
more solid than before, as is evidenced by the crater 
of the extinct volcano; the solid matter of the earth 
is gradually condensing and thereby increasing the 
intensity and activity of the internal fires, and the 
volcanoes are fast becoming inadequate to serve as 
vents. 

As the rocks became fused, by the intense heat 
generated by the rapid condensation of the solid mat- 
ter of the earth, another earth's throe maybe expected 
and the elevation of another continent in the region 
of America. Ages have now passed since the eleva- k 
tion of the eastern continent, but the lateral pressure, 



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incident to the eruption and elevation of the eastern 
continent, doubtless caused a fracture in the rocks on 
the opposite side of the earth, or in the locality of 
America. The surface of the earth at this time is 
comparativeh' firm, and we may reasonably look for 
a well denned system of mountains to be thrown up 
as a result of a second rupture of the earth's surface. 

The earthquake takes place in all its fury ; the 
surface is opened from pole to pole, the great Rocky 
Mountain system is thrown up and again the surface 
of the earth, in its convulsion, is broken in the region 
of the Appalachian system of mountains, and the 
outward pressure of the lava of the interior of the 
earth, elevates the continent between these two sys- 
tems of mountains. Hence we have the two sys- 
tems of mountains and the continent of America, 
with numerous islands, as resulting from the last 
great physical catastrophe of the earth, cause by the 
fusion of the interior of the globe. 

It is conceded by all authorities, that we have ex- 
amined, that the eastern, as well as the western con- 
tinent, has been the bed of the ocean. Shells, and 
specimens, in fossil, of plant and animal life, the 
species of which are confined exclusively to the ocean 
beds, have been found throughout both continents, 
proving beyond a reasonable doubt that both conti- 
nents have been the bed of the ocean. How else 
could the water have been withdrawn from them, 
then in the manner indicated ? 



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Another fact, in support of the theory, that the 
American continent, was elevated in the manner indi- 
cated, is that the land between these two systems of 
mountains is elevated much higher than the lands on 
the opposite side of the mountain systems. The 
land lying between these two systems being severed 
from the main body of land by these two wrents, 
represented by the two chains of mountains, was ele- 
vated above the water, by reason of the expansive 
force of the lava underneath, and we find where the 
surface of the earth has been united by these moun- 
tain systems, that the side of this interior continent, 
next to the mountains, is on an average four feet 
higher than the land on the opposite side of the 
mountain from which it was broken ; proving that 
the expansive force of the fused matter of the earth, 
must have been sufficient to elevate and hold this 
great interior continent, bounded by these mountain 
systems, in its present position, until the mountains 
became congealed, which fixed the continent perma- 
nently in its present position. 

Another fact we will notice in connection with 
these mountain systems, and then we will leave this 
subject. Geologists assert that the unstratified rocks 
have the appearance of having been small globes, 
formed in water under great pressure, and then heated 
to a high state, and sometimes fused, by volcanic 
agencies; and they have drawn the conclusion from 
these circumstances, that the earth is of igneous 
origin. Geologists have confined their researches to 



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65 



mountains, because the circumstances were more fav- 
orable for the classification of the rocks, as they have 
here been disturbed by volcanic agencies and near- 
ly all classes can be found by slight effort on the 
part of the explorer. 

The unstratified rocks, as they appear in the moun- 
tain systems of the earth, present their true history. 
They are formed in water, under great pressure, by a 
union of the globules which formed the unstratified 
rocks of the earth. Then in being thrown from the 
interior, by volcanic forces, as already indicated, they 
will be heated to a high state or fused, as claimed 
by geologists ; but these facts do not prove a primi- 
tive fusion of the earth, but the contrary, as the un- 
stratified rocks cannot be accounted for under the 
theory of the primitive fusion of the globe ; and we 
are not aware that they have ever been explained 
outside of the present theory. Again, if geologists 
will now direct their investigation to localities that 
have not been disturbed by volcanic agencies, they 
will find a different state ot facts existing. 

We find in boring for natuaral gas, in regions re- 
mote from mountain systems, that the unstratified 
rocks, so far as we have been able to penetrate the 
earth, give no evidence of having had heat connect- 
ed with their origin. They simply prove to have 
been small globes, formed in water under great pres- 
sure ; and within the polar circles, where they 
came to the surface, by reason of the disappearance 



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of the stratified rocks, we find they do not evi- 
dence, having had any degree of heat, connected 
with their origin ; where they have not been dis- 
turbed by volcanic agencies. 

Hence the unstratified rocks of the globe, when 
properly considered, do not prove the primitive fu- 
sion of the earth, as claimed by geologists ; but 
prove that the earth is of aqueous origin, as given 
by Moses, and under this theory, all the geological 
mysteries, that cannot be explained under the pres- 
ent theory of the primitive fusion of the earth, can 
be accounted for ; they become plain and apparent, 
and hence the facts of the creation, are in harmony 
with the laws of the creation, as cause and effect, as 
the true theory must ever be. 



THE DEATH OF THE WORLD. 

All worlds, like individuals, must die. This is a 
law of nature, and to this mandate, all creation is 
subject. Death may come to a . world, suddenly 
and by accident, like the individual ; but will gene- 
rally result from natural causes, from the exhaus- 
tion of the vital iorces of the globe. 

We have an example in this solar system of the 
death of two worlds, and the condition of one of 
these worlds, wiLl be the condition of the earth, 



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when its vital forces are exhausted. One of these 
dead worlds (the sun) is luminous, and the other 
(the moon) is opaque, and the condition after death 
results from the size of the globe and its compara- 
tive density ; but the cause is the same in each in- 
stance, and results from the action of the internal 
fires of the globe. 

It is evident, if the internal fires of the earth con- 
tinues, as a result of the condensation of the solid 
matter of the earth, that a period will be reached, 
when these two forces will balance each other; when 
they are said to be in a state of equilibrium. This 
condition is indicated by the removal or absence, of 
the expansive force of the matter in the interior of 
the earth. 

Volcanoes will cease to act, as there will be no 
expansive force exerted by the fused matter in the 
interior ; the two forces will be balanced, and 
there will be no further fusion of the solid matter of 
the earth's interior, resulting from intense heat gene- 
rated by the condensation of the solid matter of the 
earth. 

With the present density of the earth, these two 
forces will be equal to each other, when the interior 
of the earth is fused to within about 60 miles of the 
surface of the globe. This condition is now indicat- 
ed with our planet, and we can safely say, that the 
forces are balanced in the earth ; and that 60 miles 



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below the surface of our globe, every thing is in a 
state of fusion resulting from interior heat, caused 
by the condensation of the matter of the globe. 
This condition will not long continue; for the internal 
lava will gradually part with its heat, through the 
surface of the earth, and will contract in form, and 
create vacuums below the surface of the globe. 

The shell of the earth being but about 60 miles 
in thickness, evidently does not possess the neces- 
sary strength to withstand its own weight and the 
atmospheric pressure exerted upon it, when the 
vacuum is formed underneath its surface, as is proven 
from the earth treamors, or earth quakes, as we call 
them ; which is simply the solid matter of the earth 
sinking down, or contracting, until it comes in con- 
tact with the fused matter of the interior. Earth 
quakes result, in the main, as is already apparent, 
from two sources: the expansion or contraction of 
the interior lava of the globe. When the fires in 
the interior of the earth are active, in fusing the 
solid matter of the globe, the expansive force be- 
comes so great, that it overcomes the strength of the 
solid matter of the earth, and bursts it asunder, 
elevating continents, and throwing up great moun- 
tain systems ; these are are examples of expansive 
earth quakes ; but after the earth has passed its me- 
ridian, and reached the period, when the interior 
forces, balance each other ; the expansive earth 
quake, then becomes impossible, and the earth 
treamors or earth quakes are all of the contractive 



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series, and the fact that these are the only earth 
quakes now experienced, is proof that the earth has 
passed its meridian, and is now in its old age. 

Earth quakes or treamors, are also becoming 
more numerous as the fused matter of the interior, 
parts with its heat, through the solid surface; and 
thus contracts and forms vacuums, while the solid 
matter of the globe contracts, or sinks to accomo- 
date itself to the contracted condition of the fused 
matter beneath its surface. 

The great earth quakes of '84 and '86, are yet 
fresh in the minds of the people. The former hav- 
ing its center of intensity, at Jamaica and Amity- 
ville, Long Island, and known as the New England 
earth quake, and the latter having its center in the 
vicinity of Charleston, and known as the Charleston 
earth quake. These earth quakes, are both of the 
contractive series, as well as the 235 others, that we 
have exemined, in different parts of the world. Of 
course as would be expected, in several of these 
earth quakes, lava has been ejected, and this has 
been a notable fact, with the quakes of the greatest 
intensity. The solid matter of the earth falling 
some distance, and coming in contact with the fused 
matter, would naturally force it through the open- 
ings in the rocks, to the surface ; but the amount of 
matter ejected, in the 237 earth quakes examined 
by us, will not equal five per cent, of the subsi- 
dence of the earth's surface and in some of these 



70 THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



earth quakes, there has been no eruption whatever, 
and only a very few that equaled the Charleston 
earthquake in the amount of matter ejected. 

The Charleston earth quake, being f resh in the 
mind of the people, need no extended mentioning 
by us ; yet it will be remembered that the subsi- 
dence of the earth, was so great, that the steel rails 
of the railways often presented the form of the let- 
ter " S," and after the paroxisms of the shocks had 
passed, the rails were found to be too long and had 
to be taken up, straightened, cut, and replaced 
in position. 

The science of Seismology, record the fact, that 
there has b^en 463 earth tremors, or earth quakes 
of more or less magnitude, since the beginning of 
1872. It is only of recent date, that an account of 
the earth quakes, have been kept with a view to accu- 
racy ; and hence it becomes a difficult task to ascer- 
tain just the period of time, when the nature of the 
earth quake, was changed from the expansive to the 
contractive series. Yet we think we can approxi- 
mate the period with sufficient precision, to enable 
us to tell with some degree of accuracy, the prob- 
able times when these periods of subsidence, of the 
surface of the earth will return, with greatest in- 
tensity, and enable us to make some preparation for 
the coming of that great day, when, as the Bible in- 
forms us, "The elements of the earth shall melt 
with fervent heat ;" for the elements of the earth, 



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71 



are indeed melting, with the most fervent heat we 
know of; heat generated by the condensation of 
the matter of the globe; but just the period when 
our world is to be destroyed by this fiery force, we 
cannot tell. We can tell with some degree of cer- 
tainty, when the periods of subsidence of the surface 
of the earth will occur, but we cannot tell which of 
these subsidences will result in the death of the 
world. A subsidence of considerable magnitude 
appears in our calculation for 1892 ; but it may not 
appear in that year, for our data on which we have 
to base our calculations is not wholly free from 
error, and the subsidence may appear between 1890 
and '92, or even '93 ; we cannot tell precisely the 
year, but can mark a period of three years, within 
which the subsidence will occur, which is near 
enough for all practical purposes. We now arrive 
at that point in our theory, which deeply interests 
all inhabitants of our planet ; and that is, what shall 
be the condition of the earth when it shall be de- 
stroyed ? Will it exist as a luminous body, as the 
sun, or as an opaque body like the moon ? 

This condition is determined by the capacity of 
the globe to retain its form after, having been burned 
out, and is governed by the comparative density 
and size of the globe. 

The moon is a globe having possessed all the 
perfection of the earth ; seas have rested upon its 
now silent bosom ; vegetation' has marked its con- 



72 THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 

tinents as a probable abode of man and beast, simi- 
lar to those of the world. The mind even conceives 
the time, when perhaps ships, laden with merchan- 
dise, plowed the bosom of her oceans, and nations 
strove with each other for the mastery and com- 
merce of that world. But alas ! all is now changed. 
Her oceans, her vegitation, her people, and all that 
marked her former life and activity, is departed. 
She is a dead world without air, without seas, and 
without animal and plant life, such as once charac- 
terized her being. All is quiet ; her rest is that- of 
death,, and with her wounded side in full view of 
the earth, as if to warn us of the approaching death 
of our own planet, it seems we can read in her face 
the agonies incident to a dying world. 

The moon is conceded by all authorities to be a 
dead world; it has been burned out by the action of 
the internal fires, and the earth and all other plan- 
ets, must die from the effects of the same law of 
nature. 

The moon possesses a diameter of about 2,OoO 
miles, or one-fourth of that of the earth: and with 
the present density of the moon, we find that when 
the forces in its interior, that were reducing the 
solid matter of the moon to a fused state, by means 
of heat ; producing earthquakes of the expansive 
series; elevating mountains and continents on the 
surface of the moon: when these forces had reached 
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73 



the solid matter of the moon was no longer capable 
of generating heat sufficient to fuse, to any great 
extent, the solid interior of the moon ; the shell of 
the moon, or solid surface, at that period was about 
1 20 miles in thickness. Hence it will be readily 
conceived, that a globe but 2,000 miles in diameter, 
with a solid surface 120 miles in thickness, enclosing 
the interior lava; will not be likely to change its 
form and settle down, or contract, by reason of re- 
duction of temperature of the fused matter in the 
the interior of the planet, through the surface, as 
we observe to be the case with the earth. And 
for this reason the moon could only have had the one 
kind or series of earth quakes — the expansive — on 
account of the solid surface, being so thick, in com- 
parison with the size of the globe, that it could not 
accommodate itself to the vacuums formed below its 
surface: hence an earthquake by subsidence, never 
took place in the moon; but as the matter of the in- 
terior, parted with its heat, through the solid matter 
of the moon; and contracted in form, the vacuums 
will remain, until at last the water is attracted to 
the interior vacuum, and coming in contact with the 
fused matter of the moon, vast quantities of steam 
i-s generated, and by its expansive force, one side ol 
the moon is blown literally to pieces, and the water 
rushes through the opening into the interior of the 
moon ; its fires are quenched, and the water sinks 
permanently into the interior of the planet ; the 
moon ceases its revolution, by being thrown out of 
balance (gravity) and floats in space, a dead 



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THE NEW THEORY OF THE CREATION; 



world as we now behold her, burned out by her in- 
terior fires, resulting from the operation of natural 
law; and in her, we have an example of the death 
of a secondary world, a world which remains opaque 
after having passed within the death period. 



The sun as a dead world yet glorious in its 

DECLINE. 

The sun is a great body, supplying the planets of 
the solar system with light and heat. It equals in 
volume 1,245,000 globes the size of the earth and 
has a diameter of 845,000 miles. That it contains, 
the same matter which characterizes the earth, is» 
proven beyond a doubt, by the analysis of the light 
of the sun. It was formed from the same material,, 
and is governed by the same laws that govern the 
earth. By the condensation of the solid matter of 
the sun, the heat was generated at its center, and 
the fusion of its solid matter was very rapidly pre- 
cipitated, by its enormous size, until its shell became 
so thin, in comparison with the great mass of the 
sun, that it collapsed; that is, it was not able to re- 
tain its form, and fell to pieces, and was buried be- 
neath the lava of the burning world. That the sun 
is a burning world, there can be no doubt, and that 
it is being consumed is also certain, from the fact 
that even within the range of the science of astron- 
omy the sun shows a lessening of its light and heat 
upon the earth. 



OR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WORLDS. 7# 

Another proof, is the spots of the sun. They ap- 
pear to be dross, or scums formed upon the surface 
of the sun, where the surface is at rest, similar to 
those forms upon the surface of fused metal. These 
scums are often thousands of miles in diameter, and 
the one in 1843 even exceeded 50,000 miles. These 
scums will remain, until the seething matter from 
the interior of the sun, thrown outward from the 
center by the centrifugal force of the matter, caused 
by the revolution of the sun, comes to the surface; 
when the scum spots are lifted from the surface, by 
the force of the fiery currents, and are broken to- 
pieces and burried beneath the surface of the fiery 
world. 

Hence we have, in this solar system two exam- 
ples of dead world; one opaque, the other luminous, 
after death. Whether it becomes necessary for all 
worlds to die, or whether this death is but another 
form of life, we shall not discuss in this little volume?- 
but shall defer the discussion and consider of it to our 
complete volume, yet to be issued. The facts are 
apparent, that all globes must undergo this fiery 
ordeal, and our earth is no exception to the rule, as 
we have attempted to demonstrate, so far as our 
space would admit. That our earth will not be 
opaque when it reaches the death period, like the 
moon, is proven by her size and the comparative 
thinness of her shell, and the subsidence or con- 
traction in her surface, to accommodate itself to the 
vacuums formed underneath the shell by the con- 



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traction of the fused matter of the interior. At 
some period in the future, as demonstrated by the 
sun, during a paroxysm of the earth's shell, in its 
effort to adjust itself to the contracted condition of 
the fused matter of the interior; the shell, of the 
earth will fall to pieces, and be buried beneath the 
■lava of the interior of the world, and the whole 
earth will be thenceforth fused; and the gases of the 
burning earth, escaping from the surface, in connec- 
tion with the oxygen of the air, will render the 
earth luminous like the sun; and then shall be ful- 
filled that part of the prophesy contained in the 
Holy Scriptures, which declares that "The elements 
of the earth shall melt with fervent heat." 

As to the discussion of this prophecy with refer- 
ence to the new heaven and the new earth, we will 
refer our readers to our complete volume entitled, 

"The Earth, the Animal, Vegetable and 
Mineral Kingdoms, — Their Cre- 
ation and Destiny." 

This volume is now in manuscript, and has been 
prepared with great care, and is designed by the 
author, to meet and refute all objection that may be 
urged against 

The New Theory of the Creation, or the 
Life and Death of Worlds. 

It is richly illustrated, with engravings taken 



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from actual photographs of the planets, in their va- 
rious stages of formation, as appears in the realms 
of space. 

We pass to the Nebula, and from actual photo- 
graphs, show the atoms of space formed into small 
globes, or globules, and then these small globes 
uniting and forming the unstratified rocks of a real 
world. We trace the planet through its different 
stages of development; we see it take a fixed po- 
sition in the great system of worlds, with reference 
to all other planets of the universe. It is now as- 
signed a circuit in the great system of worlds, and 
begins its revolution; attracting to itself all other 
particles of matter of space in its orbit; which forms 
in layers, owing to the revolution of the globe upon 
its axis, and produces the unstratified rocks of the 
world. These facts are proven by eariy observation 
upon the planet Jupiter; and later, we find Jupiter 
revolving upon a line perpendicular to the plane of 
its orbit, and consisting of stratified and unstratified 
rocks, covered with water excepting small continents- 
at her poles, where the water is parted by reason of 
the revolutions upon her axes, which give rise to her 
polar continents. 

At this stage, in the history of Jupiter, we may 
consider her a youthful w T orld. The fires have not 
disturbed her interior, sufficiently to cause a disrup- 
tion of her surface, which would give rise to the 
elevation of mountain system and continents, simi- 



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lar to those upon the earth. But the same causes 
are at work in the interior of Jupiter, [the fusion of 
her interior by heat generated by the condensation 
of her solid matter,] as caused the elevation of con- 
tinents and mountain systems on the earth. Jupiter 
at this time, revolved on a line perpendicular to the 
plane of her orbit, as is the case with all globes, 
during their youthful period. 

This condition continued with Jupiter, until 1878, 
when the expansive force of her interior fires, sud- 
denly burst the globe; ejecting vast quantities of 
lava, which will solidify into mountain systems, and 
a great interior continent, upon the surface of Jupi- 
ter. 

In Appleton's Cyclopedia of 1885, volume 10, on 
page 50, we find the following with reference to 
Jupiter. 

44 The great red spot that appeared so unexpectedly and, 
it is probably, somewhat suddenly, in 1878 upon tlvs planet 
(Jupiter) has been made the subject of telescopic study by 
every astronomer of the world. 

"Many hypotheses — possibly nil valuless— have been ad- 
vanced to account for its formation, its color, its drifting both 
in latitude and longitude, its immense size, and long eon- 
tinned duration. It is still visible, though so much fainter 
than during the hrst two years of its existence, as to lead 
several astrone ners, eroneously, to announce its disappear- 
ance. At the present writing [1886] it is slowly increasing 
in brilliancy, and its entire line, can now be traced. * * * 
At the L test observation of Jupiter, previous to his too near 
approach to the sun to render further examination possible, 
it was thought, that the central portion of the spot was slow- 



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2y tilling with matter of a brick color. * * * The aver- 
age size of this spot, which Prof. Hough calls a floating 
island, is 29,600 miles in leugth, and 8,300 miles in breadth. 
Its t'isjnnction with the planet is proved by its drifting in 
longitude, which during the first year amounted to 10.000 
miles and in the second year 30,000 miles. 1 ' 

It will appear from the above quotation from 
Appleton; the magnitude of the eruption from the 
interrior of Jupiter: giving rise to a continent 29,- 
600 miles long, by 8,300 miles wide. This vast 
continent, the same author informs us, is drifting in 
longitude, and he has accordingly named it a "Float- 
ing Island." 

From our standpoint, we will claim that the "is- 
land," or continent, is stationary; that the apparent 
change in longitude is caused by the change in the 
inclination in the axis of Jupiter. The vast quanti- 
ties of matter ejected from the interior of Jupiter 
to her surface, giving rise to the great continent: 
will evidently, change her center of gravity; and this 
will change her line of revolution, from a perpendic- 
ular to an incline, which would make it appear to 
an inhabitant of the earth, that the continent of 
Jupiter was drifting in longitude. 

We leave for future observation to decide, whether 
our views are correct, when the planet Jupiter, 
again reaches that point in its orbit, the most favor- 
able for observation. These subjects are all treated 



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Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms, 
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